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Rock The Bells: So many stars, so little time

Rock The Bells: So many stars, so little time

By Wes Woods II Staff Writer

Created: 08/18/2011 03:54:31 PM PDT

DEVORE – Tough decisions will have to be made at this year’s Rock The Bells hip-hop festival on Saturday.

Attendees at San Manuel Amphitheater will need to choose between watching Ms. Lauryn Hill perform the “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” album in its entirety or Raekwon & Ghostface perform their album “Only Built Four Cuban Linx.” Other choices include checking out Erykah Badu, who will perform “Baduizm,” or Nas, who takes on “Illmatic.”

“Every festival has to deal with it,” said Guerilla Union founder and promoter Chang Weisberg. “When there’s 30 amazing acts on four stages there’s going to be some conflicts. It happens at (musical festivals) Coachella, Bonnaroo or Lollapalooza. At the end of the day we try to program with the least amount of conflict as possible.”

Other acts at the festival include Immortal Technique, Cypress Hill, Mobb Deep, Black Moon, Genius, Common, Black Star and more. For set times, head to www.rockthebells.net/set-times.

Weisberg said there will be at least 20,000 people attending this year’s festival, which will feature many acts performing full albums.

“Last year we had basically gotten Snoop to do `Doggystyle’ and Tribe Called Quest to do `Midnight Marauders.’ It went over so well I think the expectation now is to always do something a little different. There’s no way we could turn down the `Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ and `Illmatic.”‘